Subhash chandra zee biography
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Subhash Chandra Fit, Wife, Kinfolk, Children, Life, Facts & More
Mother- Town Devi Goenka
Brothers- Laxmi Narain Goel, Jawahar Goel, Ashok Goel
Sisters- Kusum, Urmila, Mohini
Daughter- None
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Subhash Chandra and Family
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Dr. Subhash Chandra is credited with starting India’s first ever satellite television entertainment channel, Zee TV in He also started India’s privately-owned news channel, Zee News. Dr. Chandra is an Independent Member of the Rajya Sabha, (Upper House of the Indian Parliament), a seat he won, in , with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers in the state of Haryana. BJP has been the ruling party in the country since
Dr. Subhash Chandra is part of the Goenka business family. His brothers Laxmi Narain Goel, Jawahar Goel and Ashok Goel head different businesses of the Essel Group. Jawahar Goel is the Chairman and Managing Director of Dish TV India, Ltd. Dish TV is the Direct-to-Home (DTH) Entertainment Company, and is in the distribution space. Dr. Chandra is the non-Executive Director of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, that owns the entertainment arm, Zee TV. His son, Punit Goenka is the Managing Director of and CEO of the company. Dr. Chandra’s second son, Amit Goenka is the CEO of the company’s international broadcast business.
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Subhash Chandra’s Biography | Birth | Family | Business | Work | Awards
Subhash Chandra is a politician, and the Chairman of Essel Group. He was born on 30 November in Hisar, Haryana. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He dropped out from school when he was in class
His father’s name is Nandkishore Goenka, and his mother’s name is Tara Devi Goenka. His brothers are Laxmi Narayan Goel, Jawahar Goel and Ashok Goel. His sisters are Kusum, Urmila and Mohini.
He is married to Sushila Devi. They have two sons, Puneet Goenka, who is the Director of Zee TV, and Amit Adhikari, who is a businessman.
His net income is Rs 36, crore.
Interesting facts about Subhash Chandra
In the year , Subhash joined his family business as a commission agent, supplying rice to the Food Corporation of India.
He set up his own manufacturing business called Essel Packaging, which deals in packaging of plastic tubes for toothpaste and other flexible materials.
In , Subhash established an amusement park named Essel World, in North Bombay.
India's first Hindi TV channel
In the year , along with Li Ka Shing, he started India's first Hindi language cable channel ‘Zee TV’.
His TV channel has almost million viewership all over the world.
He launched the first lottery in India and the first Dish TV